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Re: I am late & I was late

Welcome Tu Yu, We are an equal opportunity forum so nationality is not relevent. For your questions, one is past tense and the other one is present. To illustrate, here are some examples: 1) A: You told me yesterday that you would never be late again. B: I am sorry I am late again. I...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 1 yr 361 days ago Dates Tenses Past tenses

Anonymous wrote:I realized how exhausted I was, and how little I was looking forward to what LAY ahead. Is this correct? What should this be? Thanks! Hope this article helps ..... LANGUAGE CORNERLie, Lay, and All That Lie This to Rest? BY EVAN JENKINS No, of course not. But the confusion...

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Re: DNA

Hi, The public thought they were really well informed about their health and update cutting edge saving device, yet 20 percent of them do not even know about DNA and its use. Is this sentence OK? No. I have no idea about the meaning of the phrase in italics. You need to say it in a simpler...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 58 days ago Dates Tenses Present tenses Whom Past tenses
Re: Star Heritage:Translation, Part II

Thank you very much, Goodman. Below I have tried to correct the errors you pointed out, but I didn't succeed. In many cases I don't know what's incorrect and how to correct it. So I need further help on part of my errors. «At night I had to _orient_ by touch. Suddenly I fell into a deep...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Ant_222 2 yr 74 days ago Dates Constructions Tenses Past tenses Present simple Translation
Re: Is or Has

Hi, Yes, you're right in thinking that these phrases wouldn't usually sound natural to a native speaker. On the other hand, if two Asian people are having a conversation in English like this, and they understand each other, that's not a bad thing, is it? Ok I'll try to illustrate base on this...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 81 days ago Conversations Dates Tenses Present perfect Past tenses Contractions
Re: Gerund after prepositions.

Nomad04 wrote: Hi, all.Could you please check the following sentences up?Are they OK? 1) Can we rely on his installing all our equipment correctly?2) I object to his installing our equipment.3) The success of our project absolutely depend on her reacting to our proposal. 4) Situation: A...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 2 yr 137 days ago Dates Prepositions Tenses Gerunds Simple past Past tenses Interviews Job Interview
Re: Sequence of tenses in official language

Hi again, Oh, yes, sorry. I should have provided some examples. "We learnt that he has been director of the company for about ten years." Yes, to be very correct, I'd use Past Perf. here. However, you'll hear Pres. Perf. for cases where what is said is still true at the moment of speaking,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 2 yr 143 days ago Verbs Dates Tenses Clauses Past perfect Simple past Past tenses Past simple
Re: Sequence of tenses in official language

Oh, yes, sorry. I should have provided some examples. "We learnt that he has been director of the company for about ten years." "I was sure that you know it!" Is it correct in official speech (language)? Or one should use, accordingly, Past Perfect and Past Simple? I wonder because I...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Ruslana 2 yr 143 days ago Verbs Dates Tenses Clauses Past perfect Past tenses Past simple
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Do "so far, to date, up to now, up to present" have the same meaning. if they mean from the past to now,include now this moment, so they are durations? if so, then can we use those phrases in the sentence of present perfect tense and past tense or any other tenses? "I have written six letters...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MIA6 2 yr 157 days ago Dates Tenses Present perfect Past tenses
Phrases about time

I have some problems,they are the phrases about time: yet, today, so far, to date, up to now, recently, lately, up to these few days, this morning, now, up to present. what do they mean? Are some of them duration? Do some of them represent sometime/some time in the past? yet: 1.up to the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MIA6 2 yr 170 days ago Dates Tenses Present perfect Past tenses

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